How To Install conda on Fedora 34

conda is Cross-platform, Python-agnostic binary package manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install conda on Fedora 34.

What is `conda`

Conda is a cross-platform, Python-agnostic binary package manager. It is the package manager used by Anaconda installations, but it may be used for other systems as well. Conda makes environments first-class citizens, making it easy to create independent environments even for C libraries. Conda is written entirely in Python. The Fedora conda base environment is special. Unlike a standard anaconda install base environment it is essentially read-only. You can only use conda to create and manage new environments.

We can use yum or dnf to install conda on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install conda.

Install conda on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install conda using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install conda

Install conda on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install conda using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install conda

How To Uninstall conda on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the conda package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove conda

conda Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/fish
/etc/fish/conf.d
/etc/fish/conf.d/conda.fish
/etc/profile.d/conda.csh
/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
/usr/bin/conda
/usr/bin/conda-env
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/conda

References

conda website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install conda on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.